# Below is an example of how to create a logger that writes to a file.
# Uncomment the following five lines, then uncomment the
# rootLogger.appenderRef.file.ref definition below
#appender.file.type=File
#appender.file.name=file
#appender.file.fileName=C:/Windows/Temp/sailpoint.log
#appender.file.layout.type=PatternLayout
#appender.file.layout.pattern=%d{ISO8601} %5p %t %c{4}:%L - %m%n
This setup does not roll. The file also contains the following:
#appender.meter.type=RollingFile
#appender.meter.name=meter
#appender.meter.fileName=C:/Windows/Temp/meter.log
#appender.meter.filePattern=C:/Windows/Temp/meter-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}-%i.log.gz"
#appender.meter.layout.type=PatternLayout
#appender.meter.layout.pattern=%m%n
#appender.meter.policies.type=Policies
#appender.meter.policies.size.type=SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy
#appender.meter.policies.size.size=10MB
#appender.meter.strategy.type=DefaultRolloverStrategy
#appender.meter.strategy.max=5
The main issue with this is the use of the date and the gzip options. It also doesn't have the proper pattern layout.
The best practice is something like this:
appender.rolling.type=RollingFile
appender.rolling.name=rolling
appender.rolling.fileName=D:/iiq83/logs/sailpoint.log
appender.rolling.filePattern=D:/iiq83/logs/sailpoint-%i.log"
appender.rolling.layout.type=PatternLayout
appender.rolling.layout.pattern=%d{ISO8601} %5p %t %c{4}:%L - %m%n
appender.rolling.policies.type=Policies
appender.rolling.policies.size.type=SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy
appender.rolling.policies.size.size=20MB
appender.rolling.strategy.type=DefaultRolloverStrategy
appender.rolling.strategy.max=5
The word "rolling" can be substituted by any other name. Be sure to leave out the date and the gzip references in the filePattern part.
Some advice: Never use the time based policy. Never use the startup policy. With this method you can archive files by their age.
Usage for this includes the following to make sure the files are correctly being written to:
rootLogger.level=warn
rootLogger.appenderRef.stdout.ref=stdout
rootLogger.appenderRef.rolling.ref=rolling
And all logging should be structured like this:
logger.objexp.name=com.sailpoint.objectexporter.task
logger.objexp.level=trace
logger.objexp.appenderRef.rolling.ref=rolling
logger.objexp.additivity=false
The second portion of this block, must be unique.
The file name you chose, should be provided in the third line in two places as shown.
